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William Manchee

William Manchee

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William Manchee is an attorney by trade and practices law in Dallas with his son Jim. Originally from southern California, he lives now in Plano, Texas with his wife Janet of some 41 years. Manchee discovered his passion for writing late in life at age forty-eight and has vowed to write a novel every year for the rest of his life. So far he is on schedule as Tarizon: Conquest Earth is his seventeenth published novel. He is the author of the nine volume Stan Turner Mystery series inspired by many actual cases from his past. His other works include Death Pact, Plastic Gods, and a nonfiction book called Yes, We're Open, Defending the Small Business Under Siege which has been published in eight foreign countries as well as the United States.

Size Zero (Visage Book 1)

Size Zero (Visage Book 1)

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>&quot;A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style.&quot;</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>

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<h4 align="justify"><em><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2">&quot;...one of the most exciting fiction novels of the year.&quot;</font> <font size="1">Harold McFarlen Amazon Top 50 Reviewer (#39)</font></font></em></h4> <h4 align="justify"><font face="Tahoma"><em><strong><span style="font-weight:400;"><font size="2">Non-stop plotting action makes. Plastic Gods; a book you can't put down.</font><font size="1"> <font color="#cc9966">Denise Clark, Denise's Pieces Reviews</font></font></span></strong></em></font></h4> <h4 align="justify"><font face="Tahoma"><em><font size="2">&quot;...this stunning work as writer Manchee offers the reader a peek into a side of banking and credit most of us never realized might exist. </font><font color="#cc9966" size="1">Molly Martin Reviews</font></em></font></h4> <h4 align="justify"><font face="Tahoma"><em><strong><font size="2">&quot;Action aficionados will not be disappointed, and although the book is a work of fiction, its theme is tantalizing.&quot; </font><font color="#cc9966" size="1">Robert P. Goldman, Best Reviews</font></strong></em></font></h4> <h4 align="justify"><font face="Tahoma"><em><font size="2">&quot;... I started reading the book thinking it would be the same old story about greed and corruption. But it’s not. Manchee takes it to another level. ... Is it fact or fiction?&quot; </font><font color="#cc9966" size="1">Cindy Daniel, Author of the Death Warmed Over Series.</font></em></font></h4> <h4><font face="Tahoma"><em><font size="2">&quot;Plastic Gods is ... interesting &amp; important! ... It is a lively story for anyone struggling with thousands of dollars of debt; for anyone facing a lifetime of interest payments; for anyone living beyond their means &amp; realizing what the great American Dream is costing them. It is also a dangerous book, so be warned, it has something subversive to say that will touch just about everyone with a bank account. Good stuff! <font color="#cc9966"> </font></font><font color="#cc9966" size="1">Rebecca's Reads Reviews</font><font color="#663300" size="1"></font></em></font></h4> <h4><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"> <em>&quot;...Manchee is a genius at taking a page from our daily lives and turning it into a high speed thriller, with characters that we definitely want to see again, and a well developed plotline that is right out of today's newspapers.&quot;</em> </font><font size="1"><em>Beverly Rowe, MyShelf.com</em></font></font></h4>